Comment & Opinion

The 82-year-old woman who keeps beating Trump in court
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
ROBIN ABCARIAN Los Angeles Times 
May 17, 2026
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — In 2019, during President Trump's first term, New York magazine published an excerpt of advice columnist E. Jean Carroll's memoir,...
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Senate votes to defer pay during shutdowns
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 17, 2026
Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much these days, but you can bet the house that they both share an aversion to political suicide. Consider la...
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By targeting dairy farmers, ESG wants to decide your milk
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SAMANTHA FILLMORE RealClearPolitics 
May 17, 2026
It starts with a letter in the mail. A dairy farmer opens it to find new requirements from their milk processing plant. Herd data, energy usage, emiss...
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You can’t go home again, but love stays
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By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER 
May 15, 2026
Thomas Wolfe wrote that you can't go home again. There comes a time in life when one feels that to their very core. For me, it came on Mother's Day. T...
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To control Pa. Medicaid costs, look to home care
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By MIA HANEY RealClearPennsylvania 
May 15, 2026
As Pennsylvania lawmakers negotiate the state budget, the commonwealth’s home care crisis looms over the process as a growing, unresolved problem — an...
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FEMA can’t help until it handles its own disaster
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By MARK GONGLOFF Bloomberg Opinion 
May 14, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — The government agency responsible for handling natural disasters is something of a disaster itself. The good news is that its prospec...
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‘Tax the rich!’: It’s not that simple
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By NICOLAS S. ROHATYN Bloomberg Opinion 
May 13, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — “Tax the Rich” is a catchy, intuitive and politically potent slogan. In a period of rapid wealth creation alongside rising costs and ...
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Deb Wuethrich: Peeping tomcat not welcome
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By DEB WUETHRICH 
May 13, 2026
It’s not that I don’t like cats. Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE cats. Especially my own, Tate and Dory. They are five this year, and we’ve really en...
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One year later: Obstetric care in north central Pa.
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DR. ETHAN GABLE 
May 13, 2026
Caring for growing families is one of the most meaningful parts of practicing medicine in a rural community. The decision to regionalize childbirth se...
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A miss on a ‘Muslims only’ gathering
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 12, 2026
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's objection to a "Muslims only" celebration set to take place on public property was not inappropriate. But the way he handled ...
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The moonshot America needs to solve its healthcare crisis
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ROBERT PEARL The Fulcrum/TNS 
May 12, 2026
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy told the nation, “We choose to go to the moon.” It’s often remembered as a moment of national ambition. In reality,...
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What to learn from Sen. McCormick’s Philly love-fest
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
May 11, 2026
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — “Good to see you! How’ve you been?” “Oh, coming along. Listen, I’m better because of you. We could be a whole lot worse off had it ...
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Waste of the Day: The misspending of Medicaid funds
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 08, 2026
The Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general identified $200 million in improper payments that Medicaid made for autism services bet...
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Talk of Fetterman switching parties won’t go away
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALIYA SCHNEIDER The Philadelphia Inquirer 
May 08, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Just as Sen. John Fetterman’s tension with his own party has grown since he began his term in 2023, so have the Pennsylvania Demo...
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Train projects keep running into trouble
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 07, 2026
The most successful American train company of the last century may have been in “Atlas Shrugged.” A recent audit of Brightline Trains Florida shows th...
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Trump’s judicial nominees are fact-challenged and unfit
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times 
May 07, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Who won the 2020 election? Was the Capitol attacked on Jan. 6, 2021? Can Donald Trump be elected to a third term as president? No b...
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Jerome Powell and so-called ‘Fed Independence’
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRIAN WESBURY RealClearPolitics 
May 07, 2026
Jerome Powell is finished as Federal Reserve Board chairman, but he has time left in his term, so he is sticking around. He would be only the third ch...
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